useful as purses, card-cases or cigarette-cases. From it can also be
made very pretty, strong, durable and useful handbags. The weaving
of both of these articles has been taken up in the schools of Tanay,
but it is not as yet commercial in the town. Sets consisting of a
handbag and a pocketbook in the same color and design are attractive.
[17] Sabutan suckers may be purchased from several firms in Manila at
P5 per hundred, freight prepaid. In shipping, the plants are packed
in baskets so that they can be easily handled. It is believed by
persons who have received shipments from this source that the plants
will remain in good condition out of the ground for a week or more
during shipment. Hence it is not advisable for places more remote
than one week from Manila to order any of these plants. For further
information see Circular No. 82, s. 1911, Bureau of Education. It is
probable that suckers can be obtained from the cultivated plants in
about a year after they are set out.
[18] At this writing no data are at hand as to the preparation
of sarakat straw, but it is probably made simply by drying. It is
possible that much stronger and more pliable straw could be obtained if
a process such as is used in the preparation of sabutan were followed.
[19] Vol. I, No. 1 of the Philippine Agriculturist and Forester. A
description of the plant occurs in Mr. A. D. E. Elmer's leaflets.
[20] It is probable that the improved Andes stripper can be utilized
in the cutting of pandan straws.
[21] Arrangements are now being made through the schools for the
introduction of sabutan plants into the towns of Majayjay and Luisiana.
[22] Most of the information on "karagumoy" is taken from the report
submitted to the Director of Education by Mr. Ralph E. Spencer.
[23] The average was obtained by measuring accurately a number of
specimens of the species sent in to the Bureau of Education from
various provinces
[24] Its most common name is bariu, spelled also bario, balio,
balewe, baleau. In Occidental Negros it is also called, balean,
barog in Surigao, batin in Capiz.
[25] Robinson, in Vol. VI, No. 2, Section C of the Journal of Science,
states that this sedge also grows on the eastern side of Luzon.
[26] F. meliacea is also known as tikug in Samar but it cannot be
used in weaving.
[27] In pulling up tikug the whole stalk can generally be obtained
by grasping it a short distance below the top. It is made into small
bundles and tied a short distance below the seed heads. Each bundle
contains from forty to sixty straws. In all towns except Basey
the weavers gather the stalks they use. At Basey, however, where
weaving of mats is a recognized industry, the straw is obtained from
country people who make it a business to gather and sell it. These
tikug vendors carry the bundles of green straw to the town, where
they sell for from forty centavos to one peso per hundred bundles,
depending upon the length of the straws.
[28] The high cost of these dyes results from the adulteration
practiced and the exorbitant profits, usually about 450 per cent. It
is expected that the new dyes obtained from Germany through the Bureau
of Education will make a saving of about 80 per cent to the workers.
[29] The following story is reported as showing the cleverness of
the weavers of Basey in embroidering designs on mats. An engineer in
charge of road construction refused to buy certain mats from a vendor
but stated, jokingly, and in order to be rid of the insistent merchant,
that if he were brought mats having designs which were of interest to
him, as showing scenes connected with his work, he would buy them. In
a few weeks the broker returned, bringing with him a large mat on which
were displayed a road roller, wheel barrows, shovels, spades and other
implements connected with road building, and part of a road itself.
[30] In general it may be stated that the sabutan and tikug mats are
the strongest made in the Philippines. Neither the wearing qualities
of the straw nor the permanency of the dyes in buri mats are equal
to those of tikug. If tikug floor mats become dirty they may be
cleaned without injury if the dyeing was well done. They should be
shaken to remove dust and dirt, laid flat on the floor and lightly
scrubbed with a cloth, sponge or brush, using lukewarm soapsuds,
after which cold water should be thrown on them. They are dried by
hanging in the sunshine or the breeze.
[31] A firm has recently entered the field and is doing a mail order
business in these mats with the United States. Their plans include
the furnishing of straw and dyes to the weavers and the weaving of
standard designs.
[32] Most of the information given under this heading was taken from
reports by Percy M. Jones and Frank Thomason, formerly supervising
teachers of Bohol.
[33] Circular No. 82, s. 1911, Bureau of Education.
[34] Based on original designs by Mrs. Alice Brezina.
[35] Three units will take up about 3 times 17, or 51 straws. In
starting, a curved pattern 51 straws across will have to be made and
slipped up or down in a sixteenth division of the mat in order that
the margin space may be determined.
[36] This design, in all cases except where G S is 8 instead of 5,
would look well with the outer border line broadened to the edge of
the mat. This is a suggestion only; it means a great deal of work.
[37] Weave large solid parts of designs first, when possible, and
slight mistakes of one or two straws, which may happen, will then occur
in open parts where they will show very little. Mistakes of this kind
are only allowable in cases of flaws in the mat which is used.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS.
Annual Reports:
First Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
1901. (Edition exhausted.)
Second Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Public
Instruction, 1902. (Edition exhausted.)
Third Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Education,
1903. (Edition exhausted.)
Fourth Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Education,
1904. (Edition exhausted.)
Fifth Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Education,
1905. (Not issued in printed form.)
Sixth Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1906.
Seventh Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1907.
Eighth Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1908. (Supply
limited.)
Ninth Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1909.
Tenth Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1910. (Supply
limited.)
Eleventh Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1911.
Twelfth Annual Report of the Director of Education, 1912.
Bulletins:
1. The Philippine Normal School. Catalogue for 1903-4. English and
Spanish. April, 1904. (Obsolete.)
2. A Course of Study in Vocal Music for Vacation Normal
Institutes. May, 1904. (Edition exhausted.)
8. The Philippine School of Arts and Trades, Prospectus for
1904-5. English and Spanish. June, 1904. (Obsolete.)
4. The Philippine Nautical School, Prospectus for 1904-5. English
and Spanish. June, 1904. (Obsolete.)
5. Notes on the Treatment of Smallpox. June, 1904.
6. Reports of Industrial Exhibits of the Philippine Schools at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition. June, 1904.
7. Courses of Instruction for the Public Schools of the Philippine
Islands. June, 1904. (Obsolete.)
8. Cursos de Enseñanza para las Escuelas Públicas de las Islas
Filipinas. (Spanish edition of Bulletin No. 7.) June, 1904. (Edition
exhausted.)
9. A List of Philippine Baptismal Names. June, 1904. (Edition
exhausted.)
10. Government in the United States. (Prepared for use in the
Philippine Public Schools.) June, 1904.
11. Courses in Mechanical Drawing, Woodworking, and Ironworking for
Provincial Secondary Schools. June, 1904. (Obsolete.)
12. Advanced and Post-Graduate Studies Offered by the Philippine
Normal School for Preparation for Entrance to American Colleges and
Universities or to the University of the Philippines. English and
Spanish. August, 1904. (Obsolete.)
13. Not issued in printed form.
14. The School Law of the Philippine Islands, as Amended by Acts of
the Philippine Commission to and including Act 1530, with Executive
Orders and Attorney-General's Opinions Affecting the Bureau of
Education. January, 1906. (Obsolete.)
15-20. Not issued in printed form.
21. Philippine Normal School. Catalogue for 1904-5. English and
Spanish. May, 1905. (Obsolete.)
22. Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals. August, 1905. (Edition
exhausted.)
23. Standard Course of Study in Vocal Music for the Public Schools of
the Philippine Islands. 1906. Revised and re-issued in 1910. (Editions
exhausted.)
24. Outline of Year's Course in Botany and Key to the Families of
Vascular Plants in the Philippine Islands. August, 1906. Revised and
re-issued in 1907. Third edition issued in 1908. Fourth edition issued
in 1911.
25. Official Roster of the Bureau of Education, corrected to March 1,
1906. May, 1906. (Obsolete.)
26. High School and Secondary Courses of Instruction. June,
1906. (Obsolete.)
27. Philippine Normal School. Catalogue for 1906-7 and Prospectus
for 1907-8. May, 1907. (Obsolete.)
27 (A). Philippine Normal School, Courses of Study, Secondary
Course. January, 1908. (Obsolete.)
28. The Milkfish or Bangos. May, 1908. (Supply limited.)
29. Constructive Lessons in English, Designed for Use in Intermediate
Grades. August, 1910. Revised and re-issued, 1911. Third Edition, 1912.
80. Philippine Normal School, Catalogue for 1909-10 and Announcement
for 1910-11. June, 1910. (Obsolete.)
31. School and Home Gardening July 1910. (Now being revised)
32. Courses in Mechanical and Free-hand Drawing, for Use in Trade
and Intermediate Schools. December, 1910.
33. Philippine Hats. December, 1910. (Supply limited.)
34. Lace Making and Embroidery. December, 1910.
35. Housekeeping and Household Arts--A Manual for Work with the Girls
in the Elementary Schools of the Philippine Islands. February, 1911.
36. Catalogue and Announcement of the Philippine Normal School. May,
1911. (Edition exhausted.)
37. School Buildings, Part I. 1912.
38. School Buildings, Part II. 1912.
39. A Manual of Free-hand Drawing for Philippine Primary Schools. (In
course of preparation.)
40. Athletic Handbook for the Philippine Public Schools. (Now being
revised.)
41. Service Manual of the Bureau of Education, 1911.
42. Intermediate English. II--Notes, Directions, and Aids to the
Preparation of the Correspondence Study Course, 1911.
43. Catalogue of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades, 1912.
44. Libraries for Philippine Public Schools.
45. The School of Household Industries, 1912.
46. Industrial Museum, Library, and Exhibits of the Bureau of
Education.
47. Good Manners and Right Conduct, for Use in Primary Grades.
48. A Course in Civics. (In course of preparation.)
49. Philippine Industrial Fibers. (In course of preparation.)
50. Arbor Day and School Holidays. (In course of preparation.)
51. The Philippine School of Commerce. 1913.
52. The Philippine School of Arts and Trades, Nautical
Department. 1913.
Civico-Educational Lectures:
1. The Rights and Duties of Citizens of the Philippines. 1910. (Supply
limited.)
2. The Prevention of Diseases. 1910. (Supply limited.)
3. Rice. 1910. (Supply limited.)
4. Diseases of Animals. 1910. (Supply limited.)
5. Coconut Beetles. 1910. (Supply limited.)
6. The Housing of the Public Schools. 1910. (Supply limited.)
7. Coconuts. 1911.
8. Corn. 1912.
The Teachers' Assembly Herald:
Volume I, 1908. (Edition exhausted.)
Volume II, 1909. (Edition exhausted.)
Volume III, 1910. (Edition exhausted.)
Volume IV, 1911. (Supply limited.)
Volume V, 1912. (Supply limited.)
Volume VI, 1913. (Now current.)
The Philippine Craftsman:
A monthly school industrial magazine. Now current.
Text-Books:
Woodworking, A Manual of Elementary Carpentry for Philippine Public
Schools, 1908.
Selected Short Poems by Representative American Authors. 1911.
Commercial Geography: the Materials of Commerce for the
Philippines. 1911.
Macaulay's Samuel Johnson; Emerson's Self Reliance; Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address. 1911.
An Introduction to the Study of Colonial History.
Economic Conditions in the Philippines. (In course of preparation.)
Miscellaneous Problems for Trade Schools and Trades Classes in the
Philippine Public Schools. (In course of preparation.)
Housekeeping--A Textbook for Girls in the Public Schools of the
Philippine Islands. (In course of preparation.)
A Primary Sewing Course. (In course of preparation.)
Miscellaneous:
Suggestions for the Third Annual Observance of Arbor Day in Philippine
Schools, 1908.
Domestic Science, a Guide to Practical Instruction in Housekeeping,
Sewing, Cooking and Laundering in Grades Three and Four of the
Philippine Public Schools, 1908.
Abraham Lincoln--a Collection of Passages from His Speeches and
Letters, with Brief Comments, 1909. (Supply exhausted.)
Some Recipes for Preparing Jellies, Preserves, Pickles, and Candies
from Philippine Fruits, 1911. (Supply exhausted.)
Syllabus of Economic Conditions in the Philippines, 1911. (Supply
exhausted.)
Second Annual Report on Private Schools and Colleges of the Philippine
Islands, 1911.
Third Annual Report on Private Schools and Colleges of the Philippine
Islands. 1912.
A Statement of Organization, Aims and Conditions of Service in the
Bureau of Education, Published for General Information. Several
editions printed at Manila and Washington.
Los Fines y la Organización de las Escuelas Públicas de Filipinas. (In
course of preparation.) (Tagalog translation in course of preparation.)
A Talk on Health Conditions in the Philippines. Dr. Victor G. Heiser,
Director of Health
Craftsman Reprints:
I. Philippine Mats.